{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/tax-code-is-no-place-to-define-unborn-child-degette-says", "Tax Code is No Place to Define Unborn Child, DeGette says", "2017-11-02", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Diana DeGette", "D000197", "degette.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DC \u2013 Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) said the provision in the just-released GOP tax plan allowing the start of a 529 college savings plan for an \u201cunborn child\u201d is an extreme policy that has no place in the tax code.\n\u201cThis is a back-door attempt to establish personhood from the moment of conception,\u201d DeGette said. \u201cEven in the tax reform debate, Republicans could not resist including offensive provisions to appease an extremist minority. The tax code is no place to define what constitutes an \u2018unborn child.' What\u2019s next, giving a Social Security number to a zygote?\u201d\nDeGette is Chief Deputy Whip and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://degette.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/tax-code-is-no-place-to-define-unborn-child-degette-says"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7065659631043673, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}